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Hello everyone Lets just say you're looking for a Skyline, and you're an idiot, or at least uninformed, or at least not a professional mechanic who works on Skylines all day, and you're buying a car. Is there any legal recourse for being sold a car that is not quite "as advertised", or better yet a car that is accompanied with a RWC when the car is quite obviously defectable, given that reasonable questions were asked, and answered, or rather not answered, indirectly answered or answered incorrectly, and inspections were carried out by neutral third parties. As much as "buyer beware" is a great rule of thumb, and "suck it up and move on" is an annoying option most people choose, sometimes you can be sufficiently "aware" and still get stung, and as much as being stung is crap, and sucking it up and moving is proving expensive. Is there any recourse? And if there is, what burden of proof applies? I'm sure someone around here has a bit of knowledge as to where to go, thankyou in advance to that guy.

First of all, thankyou for all the replies I'll do my best to answer the points people have brought up.. I know for a fact the engine in the car has been changed, it doesnt match the engine number that's on the plate. Which is fine, I actually knew this before the same, Vicroads records has a different engine number for the car compared to what is on the plate too. The number on vicroads matches whats in the car, so that's some small comfort. I'm told it's a turbo engine, but I dont know why someone would do this in the first place then run at at 5psi, I would have thought someone doing a job like that would be hungry for more than 5psi, but I could be wrong. I'll have to have a look for this, though knowing me I'll probably end up detonating the car in an 80's style movie explosion, I'll find a way. Hence the request for more learned people to have a look lol I did some reading about this before I posted the thread, and yes - I do notice the odd stall to the point where I'm now an expert at getting the thing going quicksmart. My major worry is this, getting a random stall at a bad time then becomes a safety issue, maybe for more than just myself. I have a friend who has a R33 GTR, would this actuator work? We had a look with it, and we thought in theory it *should* work, but didnt feel too comfortable pulling it all apart and putting it all back together again, incase it didnt fit right, and I didnt have hours at the time.. Luckily the FMIC isn't visible from the outside, the car looks very stocky which I suppose is in my favour. But I know if they pop the bonnet it's going to be lots of questions that I honestly can't answer. I'm trying to avoid this The best I can explain in a forum about the BOV, is that when I back off it doesnt PSSSH overly loudly, unless I'm doing something like 75kmh in first gear, and even then, only briefly. It isnt the kind that I have heard around town that hiss when doing about 20kmh. It does have a little bit of a flutter, though, at any other speed. And here's a pic of that engine bay. I have a bigger pic if anyone wants it, this was resized as I had to send it to my email as a MMS, as I'm lacking the cable at work. As you can see it looks like a f**king mess. Oh the ability to go back in time, this is my first car in Australia (previously lived in the USA for my driving life..) hence all the queries about laws and such and such. And thanks again people, the reason I wanted to take it to a place is for peace of mind, and the knowledge that I have paid someone for their time and expertise (and perhaps a one stop shop for expertise/random parts that may or may not be needed..)

Hi Guys If you dont like newbies asking retarded questions then this is most likely not the thread for you. Yes, I did use the search option, too. Right, now that that is out of the way... I recently purchased a 2000 R34 4-Door skyline and had some (a lot, actually) of questions about it, as after the fact I've found a few dodgy things, sadly a little too late after buying the car/didnt have the "knowledge" I have now about this kind of thing. The car is/was originally a R34 GT NA (4 door), which has had either a turbo added to the NA enginer, or has had a RB25DET engine put in. As I know very little about these things, I am unable to determine which of these has happened. I also don't know what ECU the thing has in it either, whether it is a Turbo ECU or a NA ECU. When I was initially inspecting the car, it did have a pretty severe performance issue as well which was daunting. This was apparently "fixed", but I am a little skeptical as to how it was actually fixed. (it certainly was noticably improved compared to what it was before the "fix"). I'd say what he did but my own lack of knowledge may get in the way. It also seems to have a bit of custom piping and a POD Filter, and I'm told it isnt possible to put a stock airbox back on without changing some piping around due to the snorkel. As it has a FMIC also, it's in violation of victoria's lovely EPA laws... which I dont think I can fix without changing the piping. It also has an aftermarket BOV, which I have been told once, vents atmospherically, and once that it doesn't. I have no idea personally. It may as well be a can of tuna to my eyes at this point. It has no boost controller, or even the stock boost solenoid, so I believe it's running at just 5psi, yes I read that thread about two stage boost removal and had a look If you're read this far I'm sure it sounds quite dodgy. What I'm looking for is to see what this car actually has running in it..what parts of it are from a GT and which parts are GTT, or something else. I'd like to relax when driving past police, in addition to not having the rather whiny noise especially as I'm lead to believe it doesnt really help peformance (feel free to correct me)Given all the above, I have this feeling it'll probably need a tune, too, or possibly a different actuator that can handle ~10psi (again Ive been told a R32 or GTR actuator can do this.. but youve probably noticed I have very little idea..) What I'm looking for is a place, in victoria where I can take this thing, get the info I am looking for and perhaps source the parts (if needed) to get this thing sensible. It may already have the correct turbo parts, but id like confirmation, and I'm happy to pay a nice knowledgable person/shop to do it. Does anyone have any recommendations of where to take it? Preferably somewhere with good attitude that wont try to take advantage of an enthusiastic car newbie.. and any (any?) idea of a kind of cost that could be involved. Obviously this depends a LOT on what needs to be modified. This is where I say wow, what a great forum SAU is, I read it all the time at work, would totally pay $70 for a sticker, omg you guys are the best on the planet. In all seriousness, Ive never seen such an active forum full of people who can construct a sentence and treat people with respect, and I've been on the internet way, way, way too long. Thanks for reading my novel.

Thats what I suspected. The engine in the car is infact, a turbo. However - Don't know if it was an engine swap or a conversion. Everything else has checked out OK.. but wanted to know if it was an authentic turbo engine, or a well done conversion before I start playing with boost. Given a quick lookover, my non-skyline brain didnt pick it up, but researching it online really shows that the car wasnt a turbo when it rolled from the factory. But trying to confirm on the engine. Been able to confirm that the number on the block matches the number that is under the reg info for VicRoads - But not whether this is the engine that was in the car when it rolled out of the factory. About the other thread: The guy sitting next to me at work posted there on my behalf too, the saga to find out WTF this car is has now taken over the office.

Soo.... Can anyone run this engine number through FAST? RB25704373X And for giggles, run this VIN? 6U90000ER34040546 I know what I think it is, but I would love if anyone can confirm this for me. Also: First post. Woohoo. If it all goes well you may very well all be reading some very newbie questions from me.